[NCSG-PC] Withdrawal from the DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP 1

[farzaneh badii]

I don’t think it’s a bad idea to just appoint Benjamin as a participant and
re-open the call for alternates.

Farzaneh


On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM Rafik Dammak via NCSG-PC <
ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:

> Hi Tapani,
>
> Consensus designation happens at late stage in the WG and as it is about
> official position from each group the members represent, they get to have
> one position.
> Important reminder for alternate is to follow closely the discussion to be
> able to jump in anytime and coordinate with other members.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 00:25 Tapani Tarvainen via NCSG-PC <
> ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Rafik.
>>
>> But one detail I'm not clear about:
>>
>> When a member is absent and an alternate is called, is it the alternate
>> who gets to vote for the consensus, rather than a participant?
>>
>> Tapani
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 11:15:17PM +0900, Rafik Dammak via NCSG-PC (
>> ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is) wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Participant is like member but cannot participate in the consensus
>> > designation. They can join calls , discussion etc.we expect the 6
>> members
>> > and 3 participants to participate fully and get replaced by alternate if
>> > they cannot attend a call.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> >
>> > Rafik
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 21:42 Tapani Tarvainen via NCSG-PC <
>> > ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I realize I don't know how participants vs alternates will work.
>> > >
>> > > When a member cannot attend a meeting, will they be replaced by an
>> > > alternate or will a participant be pushed in as a temporary member
>> > > and an alternate as a temporary participant?
>> > >
>> > > Either way, we need one new person: either a new participant or
>> > > a new alternate if we push an alternate to a participant.
>> > >
>> > > Do we have a viable candidate? If not, we'll either need to ask
>> > > for more time so that we can issue a new call or leave one
>> > > alternate position to be filled later.
>> > >
>> > > Or we could come up with some extraordinary process to name a new
>> > > alternate.
>> > >
>> > > I presume there's also a process for changing members, participants
>> > > and alternates later. If we want to have a full slate from the
>> > > beginning we could make a temporary appointment (maybe one of us could
>> > > volunteer, maybe Rafik?) and issue a call for a permanent one later,
>> > > just to give us time to do it properly.
>> > >
>> > > Tapani
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 07:00:20AM -0500, farzaneh badii via NCSG-PC (
>> > > ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is) wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Hi Rafik
>> > > >
>> > > > Is there another viable candidate? We can also appoint an alternate
>> as
>> > > > participant.
>> > > >
>> > > > Farzaneh
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 6:59 AM Rafik Dammak via NCSG-PC <
>> > > > ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Hi all,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > We need to make quick decision.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Best,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Rafik
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 10:42 Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >> Hi all,
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Sherry was appointed as participant but she is withdrawing. We
>> got an
>> > > > >> extension to appoint a replacement to submit by 16th Feb.
>> > > > >> Any thought on this?
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Best,
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Rafik
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> > > > >> Dear Rafik,
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> I am writing to inform you that I need to withdraw my
>> participation
>> > > from
>> > > > >> the DNS Abuse Mitigation PDP Working Group as an NCSG
>> participant.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Following a discussion with Jennifer, additional considerations
>> were
>> > > > >> brought to light, and require me to step back from this working
>> group
>> > > at
>> > > > >> this time.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> This is not an outcome I had hoped for, and I sincerely
>> apologise for
>> > > any
>> > > > >> inconvenience this may cause. I appreciate the opportunity to
>> have
>> > > been
>> > > > >> selected and I'm sorry it has come to this.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Best regards,
>> > > > >> Sherry
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